Harry Golombek famous quotes

Barcza is the most versatile player in the opening. He sometimes plays P-KKt3 on the first, sometimes on the second, sometimes on the third, and sometimes only on the fourth move.
-- Harry Golombek

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Books on the openings abound; nor are works on the end game wanting; but those on the middle game can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
-- Harry Golombek

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I have also known some of the world's finest brains and some of these, though passionately fond of chess, have been pretty poor players. I used to know one of the world's leading mathematicians and whenever we played chess I had to give him the odds of a Queen to make matters more equal, and even then I always won.
-- Harry Golombek

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I was very good at sitting. But I just read so much research about how horrible sitting is for you. It's like, it's really bad. It's like Paula-Deen-glazed-bacon-doughnut bad. So I now move around as much as possible.

I had Lana and she was the number one player on my team

Today was about execution, period. Every single player, all of us in the dressing room right now, we’re embarrassed because that’s not the way we want to play soccer.

My music lives because of real players.

Drawing is one of those things which sit on the uneasy bending line between instinct and instruction, where seeming perversity eventually trumps pleasure as the card players and the kibitzers interact and new thrills are sought.

Thank you to my family, my fans and fans of other teams for their support. The NFL is a fraternity of brothers and I am thankful for the tweets, phone calls and text messages from my fellow players. God Bless everyone and thank u so much,

I want to be the best player to ever play this game.

I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.

Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan.

Chess is a matter of vanity.